When I left my old job in August, my team gave me a gift voucher to use at Addicted to Fabric, my local quilt store. I thought I'd use it to get some more Lotta Jansdotter fabric to add to my collection, but it turned out they weren't getting that in until 2012, and I had only 3 days to use the voucher before it expired.
Instead I headed towards one of my favourite voiles which I had lusted after for a little while - Anna Maria Horner's "Little Folks" range in a design called Pastry Stripe, colour Toast. I wasn't sure the deep curry powder colour would suit me at the time, but it seems it does.
Better than those terrible blonde streaks in my hair do, anyway.
It's very comfortable and cool to wear, especially on the day these photos were taken which was hot and humid with a wicked sea spray coming in from the waves.
It was also a perfect top later on that day when we took a brisk stroll to Point Cartwright and got stuck in a storm of wind, sand and stickiness. And two drops of rain.
The weather was much better half an hour later at Caloundra, where I sat on a sand dune at Dicky Beach and refused to move until I was promised ice cream.
I really wanted to write a post commemorating the end of 2011 - a year which for me was truly horrible, but also very wonderful. But in my mind the post started getting a little too personal, so I've decided to keep my thoughts to myself.
I'm thankful to be alive - so thankful. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be a better person. I'm thankful for the opportunity to travel and to work. And I'm thankful for the creativity that flows like blood in my veins.
And you all know that I think new year's resolutions are a crock, so we'll leave it there.
Happy new year, everyone!
It was also a perfect top later on that day when we took a brisk stroll to Point Cartwright and got stuck in a storm of wind, sand and stickiness. And two drops of rain.
The weather was much better half an hour later at Caloundra, where I sat on a sand dune at Dicky Beach and refused to move until I was promised ice cream.
I really wanted to write a post commemorating the end of 2011 - a year which for me was truly horrible, but also very wonderful. But in my mind the post started getting a little too personal, so I've decided to keep my thoughts to myself.
I'm thankful to be alive - so thankful. I'm thankful for the opportunity to be a better person. I'm thankful for the opportunity to travel and to work. And I'm thankful for the creativity that flows like blood in my veins.
And you all know that I think new year's resolutions are a crock, so we'll leave it there.
Happy new year, everyone!